Artist Panel: Clare Grill and Margaux Ogden
Venue: Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Thursday, September 11, 2025
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 PM
Event Types: Arts & Theatre, Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free
The Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech presents an Artist Panel with Clare Grill and Margaux Ogden on Thursday, September 11, 2025 inside The Cube.
Fall 2025 exhibiting artists Clare Grill and Margaux Ogden join Brian Holcombe, curator, for a free discussion.
This large-scale, six-paneled mural by artists Clare Grill and Margaux Ogden transforms the exterior of the Center for the Arts into a vibrant, dynamic visual dialogue. Each panel presents a distinct approach to color, form, and texture — ranging from geometric abstraction to layered, gestural compositions.
Grill’s softly layered paintings draw from antique embroidery and domestic textiles, creating abstract compositions that resonate with the textures of memory. Working on linen, she drags paint across the surface revealing the weave before cycles of painting, scraping, and wiping. Her forms emerge slowly as if unearthed, inviting viewers into a contemplative, intimate space. These works reflect the quiet labor of craft and the presence of time.
In contrast, Ogden’s paintings are vivid, architectural, and systematic. Her imperfect mirroring and the subtle shifts between paintings encourage the viewer to engage more intensively with the work. Using diluted acrylic washes, she creates rhythmic, freehand paintings, allowing chance and human touch to disrupt the grid’s logic. Her colors — bold, unusual, often luminous — pulse across the surface with both an optical and emotional charge.
Admission is free and all are welcome.
Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech is located at 330 Turner Street NW in Blacksburg, VA.
For more information, visit: https://artscenter.vt.edu/experiences/artist-panel-grill-ogden.html or https://www.facebook.com/artscenteratvt or https://www.instagram.com/artscenteratvt/ or call 540-231-5300.
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